Papers of Professor John Hill (c. 1747-1805) 18th century

Hill, John; Lee, John; Borthwick, J.

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John Hill was born in St. Andrews around 1747. His father was a Minister there. He studied at St. Andrews University, matriculating in 1761 and following the Arts course with the intention of studying for the Ministry too. Hill was appointed to the Chair of Humanity at St. Andrews University in 1773 and then to the Chair of Humanity at Edinburgh University in 1775. He taught junior and senior Latin classes and introduced a series of lectures on Roman antiquities. Hill wrote Latin synonyms, and t...

Black, Joseph, 1728-1799

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Professor of chemistry and medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland. From the description of Joseph Black papers, circa 1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131907 British chemist and physicist. From the description of Chemistry, undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 32288659 Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physician. Best known for his experiments and discoveries with regard to heat and the properties of gasses, Black was a partner and longtime frie...

Borthwick, Jill

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Horace 65 BC - 8 BC Latin lyric poet, Satirist

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Lee, John, 1779-1859

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Lee, John (1779-1859), principal of Edinburgh University, entered Edinburgh University, 1794; MD, 1801; licensed as a preacher, 1807; professor of church history at St Mary's College, St Andrews, 1812-21; minister of the Canongate Church, Edinburgh, 1821; DD, St Andrews, 1821; chaplain-in-ordinary to the king, 1830; principal of Edinburgh University, 1840-59; professor of divinity, 1843-59; especially learned in Scottish literary and ecclesiastical history. From the guide to the Lee ...

Tacitus Cornelius 56-120 Roman orator, Public official, Historian, Prose stylist

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Hill John c. 1747-1805

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Edinburgh university

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Robert Burns Young was born in 1874. He was a graduate of Edinburgh University. He took the degree of M.A. and he also took the degree of M.D. His publications include The life and work of George William Stow, South African geologist and ethnologist (1908) and The Banket: a study of the auriferous conglomerates of the Witwatersrand and the associated rocks (1917). From the guide to the The Young Medals, 1899-1935, (Edinburgh University Library) ...